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Sunday, 23 May 2021 (YJC) _ At least 12 people have died after a cable car fell on a mountain in northern Italy.
At least 12 people have died after a cable car fell on a mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy on Sunday, according to emergency officials.
The accident happened on a service transporting passengers from the resort town of Stresa up the nearby Mottarone mountain in the region of Piedmont.
Images from the scene show the wreckage lying in a steep wooded area.
Officials said two children, aged five and nine, were taken from the scene by helicopter to a Turin hospital.
In a tweet confirming the latest death toll, alpine rescue officials warned the total number of victims may still rise further.
Local media reports that a number of services, including police and fire officials, remain at the scene.
Emergency services say they were alerted to the crash just after 12:00 local time (11:00 BST) on Sunday.
Walter Milan, an alpine rescue spokesman, earlier told RaiNews24 television that the cable car was left "crumpled" after falling from a high height.
The cause of the incident remains unclear, but local reports suggest the cable carrying it may have failed about 300m (984ft) from the top of the mountain.
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